Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Why I Love Wednesdays...Favorite Childhood Book Series

I am returning with my feature... Why I love which takes place on Wednesdays. Today's proclamation of love concerns our Favorite Childhood Book Series

Why I Love...The Babysitter's Club

I really did have quite a few loves as a kid. I was loyal too. When I was interviewed by a local newspaper back when I was in second grade, I told them that my favorite books were The Babysitter's Club. When I think back to my childhood, those are still the books that stick out the most. I remember them vividly. I remember Claudia's grandmother dying and Stacy (was it Stacy?) having diabetes. I even remember some of the babysitters that came later like Jesse. I looked up to these girls. Babysitting sounded like the greatest job in the world. They had real problems that I could identify with at such a young age. Plus they seemed so much older and mature to me. I believe they started off in the sixth or seventh grade. This was such an unforgettable series for me. When I get my library, I'm going to find the entire series and stock them where I can see them and reminisce. Oh but there were a few more loves and I just had to share.

Which childhood series did you love? Feel free to create your own post and link up. Don't want to create an entire post? Tell me your favorites in the comments. Thanks for stopping by for another week of Why I Love Wednesdays!!

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I knew there was a show on Disney but I didn't have Disney at the time. I used to want to watch it so bad. Then when Disney became the norm, the show wasn't there anymore :( I don't know about the movie. Hmmm... I need to look into that.

What kid books did I love as a child: The Wagon's West series by Dana Fuller Ross. I loved Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. Anything by Shel Silverstein. By far my favorite book was Miss Piggy's Guide to Life :)

Sweet Valley!! Definitely my favorite childhood series. The library I went to as a kid had an entire section of Sweet Valley books and about 3 shelves of SV books for sell at 25 cents each. Needless to say, I stocked up and had baskets full of SV books.

I'm down to about a dozen SVH and SVU books now that I still own, and I just recently bought Sweet Valley Twins: The Christmas Ghost at a library sale, which I read for the readathon last Saturday. It was the perfect holiday read.

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Welcome! I'm Alexis Villery, a former teacher, an attorney, and a lover of all things bookish.

I am a family attorney by day who escapes the legal world to the world of planning and reading. If you get to know me you'll find a chronic over-sleeper and an ice cream lover. As a loyal alum, I'm a Longhorn fan for life (Hook 'Em!) Join me on my journey!!